10 Wrestlers WWE Immediately Regretted Hiring

The fact that WWE fired Scott Steiner not even two years into his three-year contract should give you an idea of just how well Big Poppa Pump's second stint with Vince McMahon's company went. But to be honest, you could tell that WWE was having regrets about this signing as soon as Steiner re-debuted at the 2002 Survivor Series.

Being fair to Scott, the Genetic Freak's body was letting him down by the time of that WWE return. Having spent the past couple of years carrying his gigantic frame, and with one of his ankles being fused into a walking position, regardless of how much Scott Steiner wanted it, regardless of how much wrestling fans wanted it, and regardless of how much WWE management wanted it, the multiple-time WCW World Champion just couldn't compete in-ring to a level that was reflective of the main event spot the company had reserved for him.

Steiner didn't have an official match until two months in on this WWE run, with smoke and mirrors being used to sell Scotty's burgeoning feud with Triple H. And unfortunately for all who had to witness it, the pair of matches between Steiner and Helmsley were absolutely horrendous.

By now, it had been made clear to WWE that the Scott Steiner they'd signed wasn't the Scott Steiner of old - hell, he wasn't even the already-declining Scott Steiner of late-WCW - and the rest of Freakzilla's WWE tenure would be spent in the lower-midcard ranks before he was eventually released in August 2004.